Claims
- 1. A process for preparing polyfluoro organic compounds which contain at least one urea linkage in which (I) one reacts (a) at least one organic polyisocyanate or mixture of organic polyisocyanates which contains at least three isocyanate groups per molecule with (b) at least one fluorochemical compound which contains per molecule (i) a single functional group having one or more Zerewitinoff hydrogen atoms and (ii) at least two carbon atoms each of which contains at least two fluorine atoms, the amount of said fluorochemical compound being sufficient to react with 95% to 40% of said isocyanate groups, (II) thereafter forming one or more urea linkages per mol of said polyisocyanate by reacting the remaining isocyanate groups with water in an amount sufficient to react with from about 5% to about 60% of said isocyanate groups, and III recovering a polyfluoro organic compound, or mixture of polyfluoro organic compounds, which contains at least one urea linkage.
- 2. The process claim 1 wherein the amount of water is sufficient to react with from about 10% to about 35% of said isocyanate groups.
- 3. The process of claim 2 wherein the amount of water is sufficient to react with about 15% to 30% of said isocyanate groups.
- 4. The process of claim 1 wherein said fluorochemical compound is represented by the formula:
- R.sup.f --R.sub.k --X--H
- in which
- R.sup.f is a monovalent aliphatic group containing at least two carbon atoms each of which contains at least two fluorine atoms;
- R is a divalent organic radical;
- k is 0 or 1; and
- X is --O--, --S--, or --N(R.sup.1)-- in which R.sup.1 is H, alkyl containing 1 to 6 carbon atoms or a R.sup.f --R.sub.k -- group.
- 5. The process of claim 1 wherein said fluorochemical compound is represented by the formula:
- R.sup.f --R.sub.k --R.sup.2 --X--H
- in which
- R.sup.f is a monovalent aliphatic group containing at least two carbon atoms each of which contains at least two fluorine atoms;
- R is the divalent radical: --C.sub.m H.sub.2m SO--; --C.sub.m H.sub.2m SO.sub.2 --,--SO.sub.2 N(R.sup.3)--, or --CON(R.sup.3)--; m is 1 to 22, and R.sup.3 is H or alkyl of 1 to 6 carbon atoms;
- R.sup.2 is the divalent linear hydrocarbon radical: --C.sub.n H.sub.2n --, ##STR10## n is 0 to 12, p is 1 to 50, and R.sup.4, R.sup.5 and R.sup.6 are the same or different H or alkyl containing 1 to 6 carbon atoms; k is 0 or 1; and
- X is --O--, --S--, or --N(R.sup.7)--; R.sup.7 is H, alkyl containing 1 to 6 carbon atoms or a R.sup.f --R.sub.k --R.sup.2 -- group.
- 6. The process of claim 5 wherein R.sub.f is a fully-fluorinated straight or branched aliphatic radical of 3 to 20 carbon atoms which is unsubstituted or interrupted by oxygen atoms.
- 7. The process of claim 6 wherein said fluorochemical compound is represented by the formula:
- R.sup.f --(CH.sub.2).sub.q --X--H
- in which
- R.sup.f is a mixture of perfluoroalkyl groups, CF.sub.3 CF.sub.2 (CF.sub.2).sub.r in which r is 2 to 18; and
- q is 1, 2 or 3.
- 8. The process of claim 7 wherein
- R.sup.f is a mixture of said perfluoroalkyl groups, CF.sub.3 CF.sub.2 (CF.sub.2).sub.r ; and
- r is 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, and 18.
- 9. The process of claim 8 wherein X is oxygen and q is 2.
- 10. The process of claim 8 wherein r is predominately 4, 6 and 8.
- 11. The process of claim 8 wherein r is predominately 6 and 8.
- 12. The process of claim 8 wherein X is --N(R.sup.7)--, R.sup.7 is H, and q is 2.
- 13. The process of claim 4 wherein said fluorochemical compound is represented by the formula: H(CF.sub.2 CF.sub.2).sub.w CH.sub.2 OH in which w is 1-10.
- 14. The process of claim 4 wherein said fluorochemical compound is represented by the formula: CF.sub.3 (CF.sub.3)CHOH.
- 15. The process of claim 1 further characterized in that between about 1% and about 60% of said isocyanate groups are reacted with at least one non-fluorinated organic compound which contains one Zerewitinoff hydrogen atom.
- 16. The process of claim 15 wherein said non-fluorinated compound is represented by the formula:
- R.sup.10 --R.sup.11.sub.k --YH
- in which
- R.sup.10 is a C.sub.1 -C.sub.18 alkyl, a C.sub.1 -C.sub.18 omega-alkenyl radical or a C.sub.1 -C.sub.18 omega-alkenoyl;
- R.sup.11 is ##STR11## R.sup.4, R.sup.5 and R.sup.6 are the same or different H or alkyl radical containing 1 to 6 carbon atoms and p is 1 to 50; and
- k is 0 or 1; and
- Y is --O--, --S--, or --N(R.sup.7)-- in which R.sup.7 is H or alkyl containing 1 to 6 carbon atoms.
- 17. The process of claim 16 wherein said non-fluorinated compound is an alkanol.
- 18. The process of claim 16 wherein said non-fluorinated compound is a monoalkyl ether of a poly(oxyalkylene) glycol.
- 19. The process of claim 18 wherein said non-fluorinated compound is a monomethyl ether of a poly(oxyethylene) glycol.
- 20. The process of claim 16 wherein said non-fluorinated compound is a monoalkenyl ether of a poly(oxyalkylene) glycol.
- 21. The process of claim 20 wherein said non-fluorinated compound is a monoallyl ether of a poly(oxyethylene) glycol.
- 22. The process of claim 1 wherein said polyisocyanate is represented by the formula: ##STR12## in which x is an integer equal to or greater than 1.
- 23. The process of claim 22 wherein x is 1 to 8.
- 24. The process of claim 1 wherein said polyisocyanate is represented by the formula: ##STR13## in which R.sup.12 is a divalent hydrocarbon group.
- 25. The process of claim 24 wherein said divalent hydrocarbon radical is an aliphatic, alicyclic, aromatic or arylaliphatic radical.
- 26. The process of claim 25 wherein R.sup.12 is a hexamethylene radical.
- 27. The process of claim 25 wherein R.sup.12 is a toluene radical.
- 28. The process of claim 25 wherein R.sup.12 is a cyclohexylene radical.
- 29. The process of claim 1 wherein said polyisocyanate is represented by the formula: ##STR14## in which R.sup.13 is a methyl or ethyl radicals, and ##STR15##
CROSS-REFERENCE TO A RELATED APPLICATION
This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 08/052,422, filed Mar. 30, 1993, now abandoned, which is a continuation of application Ser. No. 07/793,218, filed Nov. 7,1991, now abandoned, which is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 07/459,035, filed Dec. 29, 1989, now abandoned.
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